The WikiLeaks today released Vault 7 "Grasshopper," a new set of documents revealing the malware developed by the CIA to compromise Windows systems to bypass antivirus software.
27 documents published by WikiLeaks are reported to come from the so-called Grasshopper framework of the CIA, a platform classified as "secret" by the US intelligence service, which is supposed to be available only to CIA members.
Today's leakage shows how the CIA developed and uses malware that can go undetected even by the world's top anti-virus software, such as Kaspersky and Symantec. Malware cannot be detected even by Microsoft's security solution, Windows Defender.
Documents reveal internal guidelines used by the CIA to collect information from Windows systems, depending on the version of the operating system and the installed security products.
A separate module in today's leaks is called Stolen Goods (Version 2), and it represents malware developed by cybercriminals around the world and modified by the CIA for its own purposes. One such malware is the Carberp, το οποίο είναι ένα κακόβουλο λογισμικό που δημιουργήθηκε από κάποιο hacker που πιστεύεται ότι είναι από τη Russia.
WikiLeaks reports that the specific CIA tools were used by 2012 and 2015 received many updates that added more improvements and new features.
The CIA has already responded and in a statement denies all these allegations, stating that the agency does not make "any comment on the authenticity of the alleged documents."
"The American public should be deeply concerned by the Wikileaks revelations that are designed to damage the intelligence community's ability to protect America against terrorists and other rivals. These revelations do not only endanger US personnel and businesses, but also equip our opponents with tools and information that make us bad"Reports the service.
